Expatriates send $1.78b remittance in 19 days
The strong inflow of remittances has continued into April, with expatriates sending $1.78 billion in the first 19 days of the month...
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Proxy voting not acceptable as it strangles secrecy of vote
THE Election Commission is mulling over the introduction of proxy voting in the 13th parliamentary elections. The commission thinks that proxy voting would be the most practical solution for it to implement within the time frame left before the elections. In the process, Bangladeshi expatriates could cast their vote through an authorised individual back in Bangladesh. An...
US top remittance source in Feb
Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States sent home the highest remittance amounting to US$491.26 million in February, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Bangladeshi culture celebrated in Athens
Doel Academy, a cultural organisation founded by Bangladeshi expatriates in Greece, performed traditional Bangladeshi songs and dances at the 13th Folklore Festival in Greece on Monday...
Taptap Send begins operations in Australia for expatriates
International remittance service Taptap Send has recently announced its expansion into Australia, said a press release...
$7b remittance received in three months
Bangladesh has received remittance of over $7 billion from expatriate citizens in the past three months, official data showed...
54 Bangladesh nationals return to Dhaka from Lebanon
The first batch of 54 Bangladesh nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Dhaka by a Saudi Arabian commercial flight on Monday afternoon.
Bangladesh receives $2.4 billion in remittance in Sept
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh soared by more than 80 per cent in September compared with that in the same month of the previous year, as expatriates sent more money through formal channels following major political shift in the country...
Bangladeshi expatriates send $1.63b remittance in 21 days
Bangladeshi expatriates have send $1.63 billion in remittances in 21 days of September 2024, according to a report released by Bangladesh Bank on Sunday.
Maldives to start documenting Bangladeshi expatriates
Maldives will soon initiate the regularization process for the undocumented Bangladeshi expatriates living in the Maldives, Maldivian envoy in Dhaka said today.聽
Voting rights for expatriates demanded
Rights activists on Saturday demanded voting rights for Bangladeshi expatriates regarded as one of the driving forces of economic development in the country.
Diplomatic efforts for release of 57 expatriates demanded聽聽
Families of expatriates claimed that many Bangladeshi expatriates have been detained in several Middle East countries for holding demonstrations in solidarity with the...
Voluntary return top reason: BBS
Around 17.28 per cent Bangladeshi expatriates returned home voluntarily after quitting their jobs overseas during the past five years...
Foreign missions working so that no more Bangladeshis in trouble: info minister
State minister for information Mohammad Ali Arafat said that Bangladesh missions aboard were working on the instructions of prime minister Sheikh Hasina so that any more Bangladeshi expatriates were not in further troubles over protests in solidarity with quota reform student movement back home...
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis for protests
The United Arab Emirates has handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported Monday...